“Tyger, tyger, burning bright,” wrote William Blake in his famed poem. And now it appears that thanks to a dedicated team belonging to the Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF), tigers will onceRead More…

Infamous poacher Sansar Chand, who single-handedly wiped out all the tigers of Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan died on Tuesday of lung cancer. Often called the deadliest wildlife criminal of India, ChandRead More…

POACHING: Even as the nation is busy conducting the third synchronised national tiger census across the country, the death toll due to poaching tells a grim tale, with this year’s figures showingRead More…

The Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary at Srivilliputhur in Tamil Nadu has a special protection force quite different from most other sanctuaries. A very energetic group of 67 locals are part of anRead More…

CONSERVATION CONCERN: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) more popularly referred to as drones, are successfully being integrated for forest and wildlife surveillance across the globe. However, the apprehensions of the Indian defence ministryRead More…

It is not men at war in the jungles of Assam and rest of the country, but the battle between vintage guns held by forest guards and new age ammunitions by poachers.The rotting corpses of the rhinos killed everyday are proof of who is winning this one sided war.

There was a time in India when Emperors surrounded by their noblemen would mount the back of an elephant and venture into the jungles to kill a beast. The time of these erstwhile trigger friendly maharajas may well have gone, but the hunt for animals is still on and has taken an uglier shape than ever. It is not royalties anymore but commoners who kill for profit. Wildlife crime is today is a profitable business and the biggest threat to animals and the survival of the planet itself.

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